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Timeline Of The Near Future
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1. Mercury occults Neptune.
2025
2150 June 25
2209
2067
2. 99942 Apophis has a 1 in 250000 chance of hitting Earth on April 19.
2243 On August 12 at 04
2036
2048
2028
3. Triple conjunction Mars
2029
2148
2051
2123
4. Winter Olympics held in Sochi - Russia. 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil. Expected time of completion for the World Trade Center site. The fifth report of the UN'sInternational Panel on Climate Change to be given.
2014
2077
2021
2038
5. Grand Trine of Uranus - Neptune - and Pluto. This last occurred in 1769 and 1770.
2016
2053
2281 - 2282
2048
6. At 16-08 UTC on July 29 - Mercury will occult Mars.
2126
2123
2160
2279
7. At 16-08 UTC on July 29 - Mercury will occult Mars.
2253
2017
2053
2126
8. Transit of Venus.
2028
July 16 - 2186
2125 December 8
2240
9. On March 4 at 10-52 UTC - Venus will occult Uranus.
2251
2025
2028
2028
10. Brood X - the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas - will emerge.
2065
2170
2123
2021
11. At 15-28 UTC - on September 14 - Venus will eclipse Jupiter.
2221
2148
2123
2022
12. The One country - two systems model between China and Macau will expire.
2221
2125 December 8
2049
2017
13. The Green Wall of China is expected to be completed.
2123 June 9
2065
2074
2114
14. Triple conjunction of Mars and Saturn.
2123
2243 On August 12 at 04
2221
2160
15. Solar eclipse of 7 min 29 s (very close to the theoretical maximum) - saros 139 - 'crowing' this serie. This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the current 10000 year period - from 4000 BC to AD 6000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak -
2065
2125 December 8
2223
July 16 - 2186
16. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System
2023
2022
2134
2061
17. Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
2015
2125 December 8
~2250
2279
18. Brood X - the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas - will emerge.
2107
2021
2074
2177
19. Transit of Venus on June 11.
2084
2160
2247
2038
20. First expected manned mission to Mars by NASA.
2187
2209
2025
2061
21. The Chernobyl exclusion zone becomes habitable.
2107
2148
2021
~2250
22. The Message From Earth will reach Gliese 581.
2029
2099
2255
2047
23. 'First Plutonian anniversary' of the dwarf planet's discovery - given that Pluto's orbit is just under 248 Earth years.
2025
2177
2015
2134
24. The planetoid 90377 Sedna reaches perihelion.
2117
2170
2039
2076
25. Construction of Sagrada Familia to be completed.
July 16 - 2186
2074
2028
2240
26. Copyright on the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons expires.
2019
2126
2197 September 2
2023
27. Lease held by the Pitjantjatjara people on Uluru to Australian government set to expire.
2247
2185
2170
2084
28. On March 4 at 10-52 UTC - Venus will occult Uranus.
2123
2150 June 25
2251
2240
29. On August 1 - Mercury occults Regulus (last occultation of Regulus by Mercury was on August 13 - 364 BC).
2032
2247
2243 On August 12 at 04
2253
30. At 15-28 UTC - on September 14 - Venus will eclipse Jupiter.
2038
2150 June 25
2177
2123
31. Last year which can be represented using the File Allocation Table date format.
2074
2082
2107
2023
32. 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia. 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang - South Korea.
2221
2013
2015
2018
33. Transit of Mercury and an occultation of Jupiter by Venus.
2065
2016
2182
2240
34. March 17
2082
2051
2160
2123
35. Information on the Falklands War declassified.
2082
2174
2281 - 2282
2016
36. Solar eclipse of 7 min 29 s (very close to the theoretical maximum) - saros 139 - 'crowing' this serie. This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the current 10000 year period - from 4000 BC to AD 6000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak -
2247
2253
2051
July 16 - 2186
37. The maximum calendar year limit within the Microsoft Windows XP - Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.
2123 June 9
2039
2099
2061
38. With an estimated probability of 0.07% - Apollo asteroid 1999 RQ36 could hit the Earth.
2185
2240
2036
2182
39. August will be the first time Pluto reaches aphelion since its discovery.
2099
2253
2113
2114
40. Solar eclipse of 7 min 26 s - saros 139.
2029
2168 July 5
2281 - 2282
2123
41. Triple conjunction Mars
2281 - 2282
2074
2123
2019
42. The M1 Abrams will be retired from service.
2053
2113
2017
2017
43. Year 2038 problem - similar to the Year 2000 problem may occur on this date.
2125 December 8
2038
2067
2253
44. Transit of Venus on June 11.
2017
2014
2247
2182
45. Return of Halley's Comet.
2022
2243 On August 12 at 04
2209
July 16 - 2186
46. The 17th Pan-American Games to be held in Toronto. Spacecrafts New Horizons and Dawn to arrive at the dwarf planets Pluto and Ceres - respectively. Alignment of Earth - Venus and Jupiter. Rugby World Cup held in England and Wales. 2015 Cricket World
2107
2016
2117
2015
47. Lease held by the Pitjantjatjara people on Uluru to Australian government set to expire.
2084
2021
2032
2019
48. The maximum calendar year limit within the Microsoft Windows XP - Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.
2025
2029
2107
2099
49. Two solar eclipses will occur in this year.
2240
July 16 - 2186
2057
2253
50. Triple conjunction of Mars and Saturn.
2221
2170
2100
2150 June 25